A Wisconsin law required the state’s four abortion clinics to get admitting privileges at local hospitals. But on Friday, a federal judge ruled the law unconstitutional, a blow to a major antiabortion strategy.

The US Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether states can maintain their traditional definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman, or whether constitutional protections require the states to broaden their definition of marriage to include same-sex marriages. The high court has agreed to examine state laws in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The cases are expected to be argued April 28 and decided by late June.

As in Truman Capote’s 'In Cold Blood' and Joe McGinniss’s 'Fatal Vision,' 'The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,' has audiences and critics obsessing not only over the real-life crime the story tells, but also over how the story came to be told.

Many of those who criticized police over Michael Brown's shooting claimed solidarity with Ferguson, Mo., officers after two were shot early Thursday morning. Mr. Brown’s family said violence against police ‘cannot and will not be tolerated.'

Researchers will study data and conduct interviews to develop strategies for building trust between residents and law enforcement as part of the project. The announcement comes amid mounting tensions in Ferguson.

Two police officers were shot at a protest Thursday, escalating tensions in the St. Louis suburb further. In addition to resignations, like the former police chief's, experts say longer-terms reforms are needed to address decades-old grievances.

Firing squads, despite the optics, may actually be less barbaric than other methods, according to those who have looked at the data. Some critics say it also could expose what some call hypocrisy in Americans' attitudes toward the death penalty.

In the past three days, three unarmed black men in three cities were shot by police. In two out of three cases, the shootings will be examined by an outside investigator as jurisdictions try to instill greater accountability.

Friend of the court legal briefs supporting same-sex marriage were filed at the US Supreme Court Friday by more than 70 groups representing hundreds of individuals from across the political, religious, and business spectrum.